How To Hang Curtain Rods On Plaster Walls

But since there was no curtain fairy around my house to hang curtain rods for me i eventually found my fake positive attitude and did it myself.

How to hang curtain rods on plaster walls.

You want to hang them as high above your window frame as you can. Next hammer the head of the bolt lightly until the shielding sleeve is firmly in place against the wall. Screw threaded hollow wall anchors appropriate to the weight of the rod and the window treatment through the plaster wall at each mounting hole location. Panel curtains eyelet curtains and tab top curtains are meant to hang from a plain round rod.

Any standard adjustable curtain rod will fit right onto the curtain rod holder. The other tip is to hang them wide. There is a screw hole on the top and side of the holder in case you d prefer to attach them more permanently. To hang you must place drapery pins in the pleat and then hang them on the rod.

Goal is to screw mounting brackets in to one of these wood strips or in to the stud. I wanted to cry. Fit your box wrench around the top of the lag bolt and tighten it until you feel the lag press firmly into the plaster. Three different curtain rods each with three brackets into plaster walls.

The higher you hang them the more visual space you create. The design of the threaded hollow wall. So when i was faced with an entire room of windows to curtain in my future office all i could feel was dread. A cord allows you to pull the drapes open and closed.

Repeat this process on both sides of where you will install the curtain rod. A small v shaped piece slides behind the molding to secure the holder in place. As long as they re at least a few inches below the ceiling you re good to go. Basically lath is what s locking up plaster in place.

They may have a pocket along the top to push the rod through or the rod may be threaded through eyelets or tabs.